Ashley Tisdale | Movie Stars

• Genre: Sitcom
• Created by: Wayne Lemon
• Written by: Chris Atwood, Felicia D. Henderson, Wayne Lemon, Emily Cutler, Susan Nirah Jaffee, Adam Markowitz, Kate Nielsen, Bax Skahill
• Directed by: Peter Bonerz, Gil Junger, Dinah Manoff, James Widdoes
• Starring: Harry Hamlin, Jennifer Grant, Mark Benninghofen, Marnette Patterson, Zack Hopkins, Rachel David, Anne Haney
• Composers: Paul Buckley, Guy Moon, Steve Tyrell, Jonathan Wolff
• No. of seasons: 2
• No. of episodes: 21
• Executive producers: Jonathan Axelrod, Gil Junger, Wayne Lemon
• Producers: Jonathan Axelrod, Dionne Kirschner, Adam Markowitz, Julie Tsutsui, James Widdoes
• Cinematography: Richard Hissong
• Editors: Art Kellner, Andy Zall
• Running time: 30 minutes
• Production companies: Axelrod-Widdoes Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment
• Network: The WB
• Release: July 11, 1999 – June 18, 2000

Reese Hardin (Hamlin) was the star of over-the-top but high-grossing action films while Jacey Watts (Grant), his second wife, was an often-nominated dramatic actress. They lived in a fancy house in Malibu, California, (next door to Tom Hanks, who was never seen) and raising their children, Apache and Moonglow. Also living with them were Reese's less successful brother Todd and Lori, Reese's daughter from his first marriage. Apache always tried to come up with marketing ideas for his parents; in the second season he worked to try to get Jacey the Oscar he felt she deserved. A running gag was that Todd's poker buddies were the real-life less-successful brothers of John Travolta, Patrick Swayze, and Sylvester Stallone, playing fictionalized versions of themselves.

 

"Stand By Me"

Director Apache bumps Lori from the school play; Jacey takes the lead role in an action film; Todd develops an addiction to "Reese Hardin Action Bars."